Team Elektra Day 1 Agenda |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Check-In |
| 9:00-9:20am | Unplugged Warm-Up Get the juices flowing with a warm-up game. |
| 9:20-9:30am | Welcome to Team Elektra |
| 9:30-9:50am | “Digital Me” Avatar Challenge |
| 9:50-10:00am | Snack Break |
| 10:00-10:20am | Intro to Digital Graphics |
| 10:20-11:20am | About Me Digital Poster Production Create a digital poster using original graphics to tell a fun story about yourself. |
| 11:20-11:35am | Peer Review & Critique |
| 11:35-11:55am | Revise & Improve |
| 11:55am-12:25pm | Lunch |
| 12:25-1:10pm | Outdoor Game |
| 1:10-1:45pm | Elevator Pitch: Team Elektra Application Develop a brief pitch about how girls will change the world! |
| 1:45-2:00pm | Connecting to the Global Goals |
| 2:00-2:20pm | Intro to Video Production |
| 2:20-3:20pm | About Me Video Production |
| 3:20-3:50pm | Sharing & Presenting |
| 3:50-4:00pm | Debrief |
| 4:00-4:15pm | Pick-Up |
Team Elektra Day 2 Agenda |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Check-In |
| 9:00-9:15am | Unplugged Warm-Up |
| 9:15-9:45am | Think and Share: Personal Heroes |
| 9:45-9:55am | Snack Break |
| 9:55-10:10am | Role Models, Mentors, And Peers |
| 10:10-11:25am | “Empowered & Inspired” Poster Production Design a inspiring digital poster about a female role model who is doing important work to improve our world in alignment with the Global Goals. |
| 11:25-11:40am | Peer Review & Critique |
| 11:40am-12:10pm | Revise & Improve |
| 12:10-12:40pm | Lunch |
| 12:40-1:25pm | Outdoor Game |
| 1:25-1:55pm | Elevator Pitch: My Role Model |
| 1:55-2:25pm | Career Connection: Opportunities in Digital Arts Explore the variety of career paths that become possible with advanced digital arts skills. |
| 2:25-2:45pm | Revisiting the Global Goals |
| 2:45-3:20pm | Coming Together – Team Formation |
| 3:20-3:50pm | Team Identity: Design a Logo Each team member brainstorms a few concepts for a team name and logo to be used for their website, graphics, videos, etc. |
| 3:50-4:00pm | Debrief |
| 4:00-4:15pm | Pick-Up |
Team Elektra Day 3 Agenda |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Check-In |
| 9:00-9:15am | Unplugged Warm-Up |
| 9:15-9:30am | Peer Review & Critique |
| 9:30-9:50am | Revise & Improve |
| 9:50-10:00am | Snack Break |
| 10:00-10:40am | “Clients with a Cause” Video Planning Create a storyboard for a video advertisement promoting one organization that is making progress toward achieving one of the Global Goals. |
| 10:40-10:55am | Sharing & Presenting |
| 10:55-11:40am | Video Production Time |
| 11:40-11:55am | Peer Review & Critique |
| 11:55am-12:25pm | Lunch |
| 12:25-1:10-pm | Outdoor Game |
| 1:10-1:30pm | Revise & Improve |
| 1:30-2:05pm | Elevator Pitch: Invest In Our Organization Teams deliver an elevator pitch to convince “investors” (their peers) that the organization they have chosen is deserving of philanthropic support. |
| 2:05-2:35pm | Intro to Web Development |
| 2:35-2:45pm | Project Planning for the Global Goals |
| 2:45-3:30pm | Website Production Time: Round 1 Teams design a look and feel for a Global Goals website that incorporates various brand assets (team logo, video ad, team member avatars). |
| 3:30-3:50pm | Sharing & Presenting |
| 3:50-4:00pm | Debrief |
| 4:00-4:15pm | Pick-Up |
Team Elektra Day 4 Agenda |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Check-In |
| 9:00-9:15am | Unplugged Warm-Up |
| 9:15-10:00am | “Create The Future” Video Planning Develop a script for a Public Service Announcement (PSA) video that will change public attitude and behavior towards a problem being addressed by a Global Goal. |
| 10:00-10:10am | Snack Break |
| 10:10-10:25am | Sharing & Presenting |
| 10:25-11:10am | PSA Video Production |
| 11:10-11:30am | Peer Review & Critique |
| 11:30am-12:10pm | Revise & Improve |
| 12:10-12:40pm | Lunch |
| 12:40-1:25pm | Outdoor Game |
| 1:25-1:45pm | Creative Connection: Overcoming Obstacles Discuss strategies for problem-solving difficult situations using creativity and confidence. |
| 1:45-2:30pm | Website Production Time – Round 2 |
| 2:30-3:00pm | Content Creation |
| 3:00-3:30pm | Website Production Time – Round 3 |
| 3:30-3:50pm | Peer Review & Critique |
| 3:50-4:00pm | Debrief |
| 4:00-4:15pm | Pick-Up |
Team Elektra Day 5 Agenda |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Check-In |
| 9:00-9:15am | Unplugged Warm-Up |
| 9:15-9:25am | Discussion of Final Day Agenda |
| 9:25-9:35am | Strategizing Goals |
| 9:35-10:00am | Team Production Time |
| 10:00-10:10am | Snack Break |
| 10:10-11:15am | Agency Pitch Prep Teams strategize and practice their presentations for the afternoon ad pitch event. |
| 11:15-11:45am | Peer Review & Critique |
| 11:45am-12:15pm | Lunch |
| 12:15-1:00pm | Outdoor Game |
| 1:00-1:20pm | Creative Connection: Finishing Strong |
| 1:20-2:10pm | Team Production Time: Final Touches |
| 2:10-2:30pm | Setting Up for Pitch Presentations |
| 2:30-2:40pm | Welcome Guests |
| 2:40-3:35pm | Pitch Presentations Each team presents their advertising campaign pitch and PSA to the audience. Then, as “Global Goals Board of Directors,” guests circulate around the room to explore team websites and take a deeper dive into their campaigns. |
| 3:35-3:50pm | Selecting a Flagship Campaign |
| 3:50-4:00pm | Debrief |
| 4:00-4:15pm | Pick-Up |
Day 1: “An Informed Electorate” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:20am | Welcome & Morning Trivia Get the juices flowing with a fun trivia contest. |
| 9:20-10:00am | Intro to U.S. Government: Who’s Got the Power? |
| 10:00-10:35am | Local vs National Elections & Collective Decisions |
| 10:35-10:45am | Parties & Primaries |
| 10:45-10:55am | Introducing the Global Goals |
| 10:55-11:10am | Exploring the Global Goals |
| 11:10-11:25am | Meet the Candidates |
| 11:25-11:35am | Ranked Choices |
| 11:35am-12:05pm | Lunch Break Unplug, grab a healthy bite, and go outside for some fresh air! |
| 12:05-12:20pm | Anatomy of a Logo |
| 12:20-12:40pm | Intro to Digital Graphics |
| 12:40-1:10pm | Digital Graphics Practice – Recreating Logos |
| 1:10-1:30pm | Sharing Work & Debrief |
Day 2: “Campaign Kick-off” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:25am | Announcing Campaign Teams |
| 9:25-9:55am | Brainstorming Logo & Slogans |
| 9:55-10:10am | What’s Fake News? Discuss the importance of critical media consumption, and explore ways to effectively assess various forms of media for accuracy and bias. |
| 10:10-10:40am | Critical Media Consumption |
| 10:40-10:55am | Bias in Media & Politics |
| 10:55-11:25am | Expanding Campaign Platforms |
| 11:25-11:55am | Lunch Break |
| 11:55am-12:10pm | Introducing the Campaign Asset Toolbox |
| 12:10-1:10pm | Creating Campaign Assets Showcase campaign logos and slogans on t-shirts, buttons, yard signs, posters and bumper stickers. |
| 1:10-1:30pm | Sharing Work & Debrief |
Day 3: “I Approve This Message” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:35am | Intro to Video Production |
| 9:35-10:00am | Experimenting with Video Production |
| 10:00-10:15am | Sharing Student Work |
| 10:15-10:45am | Expanding Campaign Platforms |
| 10:45-10:55am | Examining Campaign Ads |
| 10:55-11:20am | Storyboarding Ads & Production Strategy |
| 11:20-11:50am | Lunch Break |
| 11:50-11:55am | Regroup and Kick-off Production |
| 11:55am-1:00pm | Campaign Ad Production Produce impactful :15 and :30 campaign videos designed for social media and television broadcast. |
| 1:00-1:10pm | Exporting & Uploading Videos |
| 1:10-1:30pm | Sharing Work & Debrief |
Day 4: “Winning Hearts and Minds” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:25am | Introducing Voting Guides |
| 9:25-9:55am | Creating Voting Guides |
| 9:55-10:05am | Reviewing Campaign Workspace Features |
| 10:05-10:25am | Organizing & Revising Campaign Workspaces |
| 10:25-10:45am | The Art of Persuasion |
| 10:45-11:10am | Crafting an Argument |
| 11:10-11:40am | Lunch Break |
| 11:40am-12:00pm | Making Your Case |
| 12:00-12:30pm | Opposition Research Examine the content and platform policies of opposing campaign teams, and prepare counter-arguments and defenses to support the team’s candidacy for the party nomination. |
| 12:30-12:40pm | Regroup and Kick-off Speech Writing |
| 12:40-1:10pm | Crafting a Stump Speech Teams build a persuasive stump speech that showcases policies, finds weaknesses in their opposition’s platforms, and anticipates challenges to their own proposals. |
| 1:10-1:20pm | Discussing Election Day & Debrief |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Provide Feedback on Peer Workspaces |
Day 5: “That’s Debatable” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:50am | Creating Stump Speech Videos |
| 9:50-10:00am | Exporting & Uploading Videos |
| 10:00-10:40am | Review Feedback & Revise Workspaces |
| 10:40-11:00am | Debating 101 |
| 11:00-11:30am | Debate Prep |
| 11:30am-12:00pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:00-12:45pm | The Global Goals Debate Teams square off to debate the merits of their campaign platforms. |
| 12:45-1:10pm | Campaign Team Q&A |
| 1:10-1:20pm | Early Voting |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Farewell Continue to explore political media and find ways to be an advocate for the Global Goals! |
Day 1: “A Global Crisis” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Welcome & Morning Trivia Get the juices flowing with a fun trivia contest. |
| 9:15-9:35am | Greta’s Call to Action Learn about Greta Thunberg and her efforts to unite young people around the world in support of reversing climate change. |
| 9:35-9:45am | Intro to Global Goals |
| 9:45-10:00am | Exploring/Researching the Global Goals |
| 10:00-10:15am | What’s an Infographic? |
| 10:15-10:45am | Creating Infographics |
| 10:45-11:15am | Sharing Work |
| 11:15-11:45am | Lunch Break Unplug, grab a healthy bite, and go outside for some fresh air! |
| 11:45am-12:05pm | Intro to Digital Graphics |
| 12:05-12:50pm | Digitizing Your Infographic |
| 12:50-1:05pm | Diving Deeper into Topics & Global Goals |
| 1:05-1:20pm | Forming Connections – How are the Goals Related? |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Debrief, View Peer Work & Leave Feedback |
Day 2: “Powering Our Planet” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:30am | Cause & Effect – Climate Change |
| 9:30-9:50am | Learn & Discuss Solutions – Renewable Energy |
| 9:50-10:20am | Simulating a Renewable Future |
| 10:20-10:35am | Discuss & Consider |
| 10:35-11:30am | Gone With the Wind Design, build, and test a small wind turbine made out of recycled materials. |
| 11:30am-12:00pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:00-12:40pm | Creating Infographics – Renewable Energy |
| 12:40-12:50pm | Exporting Graphics & Posting Work |
| 12:50-1:10pm | Making a Difference – Energy Consumption Plan an energy audit to analyze the amount of energy that families consume at home. |
| 1:10-1:20pm | Introduce Home Energy Audit |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Debrief, View Peer Work & Leave Feedback |
Day 3: “Clean Up Our Act” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:25am | Assembling Home Energy Audit Data |
| 9:25-9:40am | Examining the Data |
| 9:40-9:50am | Planning for the Future |
| 9:50-10:05am | Cause & Effect – Pollution |
| 10:05-10:25am | Learn & Discuss Solutions – Reducing Pollution |
| 10:25-10:45am | The Repurposed Game Race to see who can come up with the most ideas for alternate uses to keep common household items out of the trash. |
| 10:45-11:05am | Sharing Repurposed Creations |
| 11:05-11:35am | Community Clean-Up |
| 11:35am-12:05pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:05-12:20pm | Discuss & Consider |
| 12:20-12:30pm | Planning for the Future |
| 12:30-1:10pm | Creating Infographics – Pollution |
| 1:10-1:20pm | Exporting Graphics & Posting Work |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Debrief, View Peer Work & Leave Feedback |
Day 4: “The Real Cost of a Meal” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:30am | Cause & Effect – Food Systems |
| 9:30-9:50am | Learn & Discuss Solutions – Sustainable Agriculture |
| 9:50-10:10am | What’s for Dinner? Part 1: Food Supply Chain Analyze the various components of a recent meal. Consider the origins of the ingredients and the potential environmental impacts en route to the plate. |
| 10:10-10:35am | GMOs: Good, Bad, or Just Different? |
| 10:35-11:05am | What’s for Dinner? – Part 2: Buy Local |
| 11:05-11:20am | Discuss & Consider |
| 11:20-11:50am | Lunch Break |
| 11:50am-12:20pm | You Reap What You Sow Time for a gardening activity to create “seed bombs” to be planted around the community. |
| 12:20-1:00pm | Creating Infographics – Food Systems |
| 1:00-1:10pm | Exporting Graphics & Posting Work |
| 1:10-1:20pm | Planning for the Future |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Debrief, View Peer Work & Leave Feedback |
Day 5: “The Circle of Life” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:30am | Cause & Effect – Biodiversity Loss |
| 9:30-9:50am | Learn & Discuss Solutions – Protecting Ecosystems |
| 9:50-10:20am | Simulating Biodiversity |
| 10:20-10:35am | Discuss & Consider |
| 10:35-11:15am | Creating Infographics – Biodiversity |
| 11:15-11:25am | Exporting Graphics & Posting Work |
| 11:25-11:35am | Planning for the Future |
| 11:35am-12:05pm | Lunch |
| 12:05-12:10pm | Instructions for Drafting Action Plans |
| 12:10-12:50pm | Taking Action Design a meaningful eco-friendly initiative to introduce at school or in the community. |
| 12:50-1:20pm | Presenting Action Plans in Small Groups |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Farewell Continue to explore environmental studies and find ways to be an advocate for the Global Goals! |
Day 1: “Press Start to Begin” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:20am | Welcome & Morning Trivia Get the juices flowing with a fun trivia contest. |
| 9:20-9:40am | Intro to Construct 3 |
| 9:40-10:05am | Experimenting with Construct 3 |
| 10:05-10:20am | Intro to Piskel |
| 10:20-10:40am | Experimenting with Piskel |
| 10:40-11:00am | Finishing Touches |
| 11:00-11:05am | How to Publish a Game |
| 11:05-11:20am | Publishing & Posting Projects |
| 11:20-11:50am | Lunch Break Unplug, grab a healthy bite, and go outside for some fresh air! |
| 11:50am-12:00pm | Intro to Global Goals |
| 12:00-12:15pm | Exploring & Selecting Global Goals Topics |
| 12:15-12:35pm | Fundamentals of Game Design |
| 12:35-12:50pm | Developing Initial Game Concepts Build a plan for a Global Goals video game to entertain your family and friends. |
| 12:50-1:20pm | Pitching Concepts & Receiving Feedback |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Debrief & Posting Game Concepts for Feedback |
Day 2: “Planning for Success” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:25am | Intro to Game Design Documents Learn the importance of pre-production and how to develop a detailed game design document to ensure efficiency and success. |
| 9:25-9:50am | Pre-Production – Concept Planning |
| 9:50-10:20am | Sharing Concepts & Receiving Feedback |
| 10:20-10:35am | Plan Refinement & Daily Goal Setting |
| 10:35-10:50am | Building Skills in Development & Design |
| 10:50-11:30am | Self-Directed Game Development |
| 11:30am-12:00pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:00-12:20pm | Building Skills in Development & Design |
| 12:20-12:50pm | Self-Directed Game Development |
| 12:50-1:20pm | Sharing Progress & Receiving Feedback |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Debrief, Posting Progress, Challenges & Tomorrow’s Daily Goals for Feedback |
Day 3: “Eyes on the Prize” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:20am | Reviewing/Refining Daily Goals |
| 9:20-9:40am | Building Skills in Development & Design Learn to create interaction through object collisions. |
| 9:40-10:40am | Self-Directed Game Development |
| 10:40-11:10am | Help with Obstacles & Challenges |
| 11:10-11:40am | Lunch Break |
| 11:40am-12:00pm | Building Skills in Development & Design Harness the power of variables to create scores, timers, and much more. |
| 12:00-12:50pm | Self-Directed Game Development |
| 12:50-1:20pm | Sharing Progress & Receiving Feedback |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Debrief, Posting Progress, Challenges & Tomorrow’s Daily Goals for Feedback |
Day 4: “Nearing the Finish Line” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:20am | Reviewing/Refining Daily Goals |
| 9:20-9:40am | Building Skills in Development & Design Create custom tilesets to build unique levels for your game. |
| 9:40-10:40am | Self-Directed Game Development |
| 10:40-11:10am | Help with Obstacles & Challenges |
| 11:10-11:40am | Lunch Break |
| 11:40am-12:00pm | Building Skills in Development & Design Make your game more challenging by randomizing enemies and objects during gameplay. |
| 12:00-12:50pm | Self-Directed Game Development |
| 12:50-1:20pm | Sharing Progress & Receiving Feedback |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Debrief & Posting Game Concepts for Feedback |
Day 5: “The Arcade is Open” |
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| 8:45-9:00am | Waiting Room |
| 9:00-9:15am | Morning Trivia |
| 9:15-9:20am | Reviewing/Refining Daily Goals with focus on Minimum Viable Product |
| 9:20-9:40am | Building Skills in Development & Design |
| 9:40-10:40am | Self-Directed Game Development |
| 10:40-11:10am | Discussing Obstacles & Challenges |
| 11:10-11:40am | Lunch Break |
| 11:40am-12:30pm | Self-Directed Game Development |
| 12:30-12:40pm | Publishing & Posting Projects |
| 12:40-12:50pm | Preparing for Presentations |
| 12:50-1:20pm | Presenting Prototypes in Small Groups |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Farewell Continue to explore video game development and find ways to be an advocate for the Global Goals! |
